Pischeldorf fire brigade shines with impressive balance 2024!

Pischeldorf fire brigade shines with impressive balance 2024!

Pischeldorf, Österreich - On March 28, 2025, the 146th annual general meeting of the Pischeldorf volunteer fire brigade took place, in which commander Gottfried Duller took a detailed balance of the activities in 2024. As part of this meeting, Duller reported a total of 52 missions, including a remarkable premiere: for the first time, members of the fire brigade Pischeldorf were also active outside of Carinthia, more precisely in Lower Austria, with a disaster.

The training and further education of the 148 members have had a high priority. The fire brigade Pischeldorf completed 15 courses at the State Fire Brigade School in Klagenfurt last year, which supports the continuous development of the emergency services.

voluntary services and honors

In total, the fire brigade Pischeldorf made 6,798 free hours for the general public. This outstanding willingness to serve was recognized with the awarding of the Carinthian disaster protection medal, which was awarded to the volunteer forces by State Councilor Daniel Fellner.

The fire brigade youth of Pischeldorf is also very committed and consists of 27 members. The youngsters are steadily promoted: six new members, including three women, were taken on a trial to the active service, while Mayor Andreas Scherwitzl praised three comrades after a successful trial period.

competitions and future events

An important event is already pending: the district performance competitions of the Klagenfurt-Land district and Klagenfurt-city took place on June 8, 2024 on the sports field in Rottenstein. 40 competition groups took part in this competition in the age category of the active, and 75 young people were active in individual competitions and 25 youth groups in group competitions.

There were remarkable placements for the youth groups, including Emma Neubauer from FF Ottmanach Bronze A in the individual rating. The next big competition, the state competition, will take place on June 22nd in St. Veit an der Glan.

A look at the fire brigade statistics 2022 shows that around 350,283 members in the fire brigades are active throughout Austria, 99 % of which are volunteered. The total number of operations was 244,360, whereby the fire inserts have increased slightly compared to the previous year. These figures illustrate the importance of the fire brigades for the safety of the population, and the Pischeldorf volunteer fire brigade contributes to the stability and security of the region.

The presence of well -known guests of honor and fire brigade officials at the annual general meeting shows the appreciation of the work in the Pischeldorf volunteer fire brigade and its importance for the community.

For further information on the activities of the Pischeldorf fire brigade and the fire brigade statistics in Austria, the reports on fireworld.at , bfkdo-klagenfurt.at and bundesfeuerwehrverband.at